Tire-armor.



C. G. WRIGHT.

TIRE ARMOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.13,1908.

Patented Jan. 18. 1910.

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TIRE- ARMOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Ta in. 18, 1910.

Application filed March 13. 1908. Serial No. 420,778.

" t; all whom. it. me 1 concern:

to it known that .l. CLEMEN'If'iJi. Wmoirr, a citizen of the United States, and a resis dent of Greensboro. in the-county of Guilford and State of North Carolina, have made certain new and useful Improvements in 'lQire-.-\rmors,o'l which the following is a.

My invention is an improvement in tire armors and consists in certain novel constiuctions and combinations of parts here'- iualter described and claimed.

'In the draning-Jeigurc 1 is a .perspec tivoview of a portion of a tire and rim provided with grooves for receiving the ari'nor,

Fig. 2 is a section through the tire and rim wit h the armor in place, and Fig. 3 is a similar view taken on the line ot' the holder.

In the 'iresent en'ibodiment of n'iyfinven tion. the armor consists of an endless strip or band A. provided at intervals with headed rivets B. the band being fiat transversely as shown in l igs. 2 and At suitably spaced intervals, the band has secured thereto by the rivets B, straps (l, the ends of which are adapted to seat on each side of the tire D and ot' the rim 1*), the tree ends of the straps being provided with openings through which is passed a .bolt F, the bolt being secured in place by a nut (1.

The bolts F may traverse the rim l5, as shown in Fig. 2 or blocksiH may be ar ranged on theinner face of the rim and between the spokes as shown in which the bolts are passed.

The band A is preferably formed from a flexible flat. steel strip. of a suitable thickness and of a suitable width. The rivets are l ofthe groove and the holders C Fig. 3,.thrtmgh for the purpose ot'increasing the friction l between the wheel and the roadway.

The holders C are preferably of leather, butmay be of any-suitable material.

As shown in Fig. 1, the tire I) is provided with a peripheral groove (Z whose side walls I!- are perpendicular, and with transverse .grooves (Z for receiving the holder as shown in Fig. 2-3. In this construction the sides of the band bear against the side walls may be conneeted with the rim E as shown in. Fig. 2 or-with the blocks- Has shown in Fig. I claim The combination with a. tire having a peripheral groove provided .with parallel side 'alls, and with spaced transverse grooves intersecting the peripheral groove greater depth, of a tire armor consisting of a flexible endless strip or band having at l spaced intervals headed rivets, the heads of {the rivets beingon the outer surface of the band. said ban'd having a thickness equal I to the depth of the groove, so thatthe heads l oftherivets project beyond the periphery l of the tire, and'fastening devices consist:- l ing of a body portion secured to the band latspaced intervals with respect to. each l other. said body portions beingsecured ,t l the under face'of the-band, and the transverse grooves, and l to en'ibrace the tire and provided with means l whereby they may be secured to the rim otI the wheel.

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